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Jason R. Armagost  
Visiting Scholar (former)

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+PDF+ Jason Armagost's Curriculum Vitae (81.1KB, modified August 2010)

A native of Nebraska, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Armagost has served as an officer, fighter pilot, and bomber pilot in the U.S. Air Force since May of 1992. His military experience includes extensive air combat and joint and combined, strategic and operational-level planning and exercises in theaters throughout the world. He has over 170 combat hours in the F-16 and he was selected to fly the lead B-2 Stealth Bomber over Baghdad in the opening salvos of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. From June 2008 to July 2010 he commanded one of two operational B-2 squadrons.  He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy. He has written and published broadly on tactical and strategic planning, professional development, literature, and his own flying and combat experiences. In a recent command tour at the U.S. Air Force Academy he taught courses on the history of military thought and was an assistant coach for a two-time, National Collegiate Boxing Championship Runner-Up team.  His professional experience also includes time on the Editorial Board of the US Naval Institute from February 2008 to June 2010.

 

(Profile last updated in September 2011.)